Cigar-tip cutter.



" "N0.72s,425. 'PATBNTED'MAY19,1903.5

I s. Y.'TABB.

OIGA'R TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1897.

1 10 MODEL.

ATTORNEY k I I UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903. I

SAMUEL Y. TABB, OFN'EW YORK, N.-

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,425, dated May is, 19093. Application filed February 15,1897; Serial No. 623,569. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL Y. TABB, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new Cigar-Tip Gutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar-tip cutters and to pocket-knives provided with cigar-- cutters, and has for its object to provide an improved device of the kind mentioned convenient to operate and simple and efticientin its construction.

' The invention consists of the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings formingpart of this specification, and in which like letters of reference designate similar parts, I have shown several embodiments of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pocketknive embodying one form of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the knife shown in Fig. 1, with one scale and cover of the handle removed. Figs. 3,4, and 5 are fragmental side elevations of pocket-knives with one scale and cover removed, in which different forms of the invention are shown. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of a complete knife such as shown in Fig. 5 on the line 6 6 of said figure.

" handle or other similar or' equivalent device may be operated by the spring instead of the blade, A. Near the other end of the handle or frame is an aperture B, adapted to receive the tip of a cigar. Near this aperture is pivoted a cigar-cutting blade arranged to sweep past the aperture B to cut 0d. the cigar-tip.

The cigarcutting blades shown in all the figures have a cutting edge, which, as shown, is inclined to the radii of the aperture when in cutting position. This enables the blade to cut through the cigar with the least possible pressure. These cigar-cutting blades, as shown, all have their edges inclined upward from their outer ends toward their pivots, so as to aperture when the blade is open. 0 is pivoted in the frame, so as to sweep over A bears when the blade is closed. blade is in closed position, it is completely form a deep recess in the blade through which the cigar may be inserted in the said The blade this aperture, and is provided with a head 0 having a point 0, against which the spring When the housed in the frame, and this point a is at the right, as shown, of the blades pivot, and the spring therefore tends to open the blade. To hold the blade closed against the spring, I preferably provide suitable means,.which, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is a latch consisting of a spring-arm d, extending up from the spring A and having a catch d, arranged to engage the upper edge of the blade 0. In Fig. 5 a latch g isemployed, sliding on the upper edges of the scales, which have slots g,in which moves a pin 9 carried by the latch. The forward end of, the latch g is downwardly inclined, as'shown, to enter the inclined notch h, this arrangement preventing the accidentalwithdrawal of the latch. When the latch is disengaged,the blade springs open, with its edge above the aperture B, butstill within the frame, so as to be housed therein, the spring bearing upon the fiat surface 0 when the blade is in this position and operating to arrest the blade, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 5. The incline of the cutting edge of the'blade is such that a more inward portion of the same or a portion nearer the pivot will be in contact with the aperture When'the bladeis closed than when it is open, sotliat the closing of the'blade will sweep the aperture with a shearing out toward the pivot. Such action will cause the cut in the cigar end to be made much easier and cleaner than if the out were not a shearing one or one made in a direction away from the pivot. Both would require more strength, and the last would have less leverage forits action. In some cases I may omit the latch to restrain the spring and arrange thespring toopen the blade when the blade has been partly opened by hand. In some cases I provide a rigid stop to arrest the blade. In Fig. 4 such a stop is shown at 0 cutin the head of the blade and arranged to contact with the end of the spring A.

In the best form of the invention and as herein shown the cigar-tip cutter is embodied IkO in and forms part of a pocket-knife. I do not, however, wish to be limited to this arrangement, as the cigar-tip cutter could be embodied separate and distinct from a pocketknife and attain many of the advantages of my invention.

Various other changes such as will suggest themselves to any one skilled in the art may be made without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-cutter, the combination of a suitable frame having an aperture through its side to receive the tip of a cigar, a blade pivoted within said frame and operating to sweep over the aperture, a flat spring acting upon the edge of the blade near its pivot and provided with an arm having a catch on its free end for automatically overlapping the back of the blade and locking said blade when shut, and whereby said spring will throw the blade up when released from the catch, all as set forth.

2. A pocket-knife, comprising in combination a frame having an aperture through its side near one end for a cigar-tip, a short blade pivoted in the end of the frame near the aperture and adapted to sweep over the aperture, a fiat spring acting upon the edges of both the knife-blade and the short blade near their pivots to hold them open or closed, said spring provided with an arm having a catch on its free end for automatically overlapping the back of the short blade and lockin g said blade when shut, and whereby said spring will throw the blade up when released from the catch, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL Y. TABB.

Witnesses:

NIoHoLAs M. GooDLELL, J r., EDWIN SEGER. 

